Books
-
Julia Samuel shares books that changed how she understands griefThe Week Recommends The psychotherapist shares works by Joan Didion, Kathryn Mannix and Mary-Frances O’Connor
By The Week UK Published
The Week Recommends -
A Sudden Flicker of Light: a ‘rhapsodic celebration’ of cinemaThe Week Recommends David Thomson’s history of the movies from ‘Psycho’ to ‘Pretty Woman’
By The Week UK Published
The Week Recommends -
Fun, absorbing children’s books for summerThe Week Recommends These gripping reads will keep kids entertained over the school holidays
By Irenie Forshaw, The Week UK Published
The Week Recommends -
10 of the best coffee table books for travelersThe Week Recommends Explore the world from the comfort of home
By Catherine Garcia, The Week US Published
The Week Recommends -
Life of M and the thorny debate over fictionalising real peopleIn the Spotlight Rumours are swirling that a character in Rachel Cusk’s new novel is based on Natalie Portman
By Irenie Forshaw, The Week UK Published
In the Spotlight -
The Family Man: a ‘meticulous’ retelling of the case that ‘gripped America’The Week Recommends James Lasdun’s carefully researched book is ‘elegant and intelligent’
By The Week UK Published
The Week Recommends -
The Nord Stream Conspiracy: ‘spectacular’ book ‘reads like a thriller’The Week Recommends Bojan Pancevski’s gripping account of how Ukrainian divers pulled off the ‘greatest act of sabotage in modern times’
By The Week UK Published
The Week Recommends -
Short, punchy books you can finish in a dayThe Week Recommends Brilliant novellas to devour in one sitting
By Irenie Forshaw, The Week UK Published
The Week Recommends -
From murder mysteries to memoirs: this summer’s best readsThe Week Recommends London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe and Land by Maggie O’Farrell are among the books out now
By The Week UK Published
The Week Recommends -
David Sedaris examines ageing with ‘curiosity and grim glee’ in new essaysThe Week Recommends Being alive is as ‘contradictory’ and ‘hilarious’ as ever in The Land and its People
By Irenie Forshaw, The Week UK Published
The Week Recommends -
From media empires to crypto: the best business books to read this summerThe Week Recommends Keza MacDonald’s Super Nintendo and Martin Sixsmith’s Suing the Kremlin are among these top reads
By The Week UK Published
The Week Recommends -
The best debut novels of the year so farThe Week Recommends Dazzling new books from the literary world’s rising stars
By The Week UK Published
The Week Recommends -
Downfall of a King: a ‘magisterial’ biographyThe Week Recommends Paul Preston examines the wild rise and fall of Juan Carlos I
By The Week UK Published
The Week Recommends -
Dad Brain: a ‘refreshing’ look at how fatherhood affects men’s bodies and mindsThe Week Recommends Darby Saxbe’s book combines academic data with ‘stories about the men in her own life’
By The Week UK Published
The Week Recommends
